International Classification of Sleep Disorders

The International Classification of Sleep Disorders ( ICSD ) is a classification system for sleep disorders and normal variations that occur in the context of sleep. It is issued in the form of a diagnostic manual of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine ( AASM ) and is currently in its second edition ( ICSD -2, 2005) before. The ICSD -2 is the standard for the diagnosis of sleep disorders in sleep laboratories, sleep medicine departments and research institutes worldwide. The diagnoses are largely compatible with other medical and psychiatric classification systems such as the ICD -10 and DSM -IV -TR.

Versions

• ICSD (1991 )
• ICSD -R ( 1997)
• ICSD -2 ( 2005)

A comprehensive update was announced in 2012. The new version will be published in 2013.

Construction

The ICSD -2 consists of six main groups:

Two collection categories:

• 7 Isolated symptoms, obvious normal variants and unresolved problems
• 8 Other sleep disorders

And two appendices:

• Appendix A: sleep disorders that associated with organic diseases classifiable elsewhere occur
• Appendix B: Psychiatric and behavioral disorders, which are common in sleep medicine differential diagnosis

Forerunner of the ICSD

The precursor of the classification systems for sleep disorders in this series appeared in 1979 under the title "Diagnostic Classification of Sleep and Arousal Disorders ". The classification of sleep disorders in this publication was carried out in four sections. It was distinguished by disturbances in initiating and maintaining sleep ( insomnia ), Disorders of excessive sleepiness, disordered sleep -wake rhythm and parasomnias. Advisory had also William C. Dement, one of the developers of the multiple sleep latency tests, and Allan righteousness, whose name in sleep medicine already familiar was the name of the division of sleep in " sleep stages according to Rechtschaffen and Kales ', with.